A Students View on the Youth Awards Program
Mrs. Beatty’s class would love for other people to come to Washington D.C., and get to experience all the fun projects we did. This blog is all about the things we did to get to Washington D.C., and how you could someday come too. We tried not to say exactly what to do, so that…
Read MoreTechnology Engineering Class Energy Audit
Mrs. Trombley’s current first period technology engineering class had the amazing opportunity to participate in an Energy Audit of the Fugett building. Mr. Todd Rogers, from NEED (National Energy Education Development Project), conducted the audit. Students toured the Fugett/East Boiler room, learning how the building is heated and air conditioned. They used assorted measuring instruments…
Read MoreGobble Up These 5 Holiday Energy Saving Tips
Don’t let your energy bill over the holiday season put you in a fowl mood! Read all of Gobble Up These 5 Holiday Energy Saving Tips
Read MoreTrick or Treat – Energy Myths Laid to RIP
October is upon us and besides a ghoulish good time of All Hallows’ Eve, it is also Energy Awareness Month. Here are 10 tricky energy myths you may find shocking! Myth #1: Energy Efficiency is the same as Energy Conservation. False. Energy efficiency is the use of technology that requires less energy to perform…
Read MoreYou Conduit!
The United States uses a lot of energy—over two million dollars’ worth of energy per minute, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We use energy for getting from one place to another, cooking, heating and cooling rooms, making products, lighting, heating water, entertainment, and more. The choices we make about how we use…
Read More#MCM Moon Crush Monday
It’s a Monday, and often in the social media world, the hashtag, “#MCM”, means someone is celebrating their Man Crush Monday. Well, here at NEED, we’re still reeling from last Monday’s eclipse events, so our #MCM is devoted to the cool view the moon gave us at this time last week. We’re calling this blog…
Read MoreNEED Energy Infobooks the Key to NGSS Success in Elk Grove, CA
NGSS has been a challenge to teach, but at Toby Johnson Middle School in Elk Grove the 8th grade team, Liz Wollbrinck, Matt Pesci and Mike Hill designed an engineering project that taught multiple standards for our Honor Science 8 program. We do not have any curriculum or resources for the energy unit. We had…
Read MoreSolar Eclipse Learning Fun
Living in Western KY, we have been talking about this day for the last year. Glasses were bought and parties planned to view this once in a lifetime event. I am fortunate to live in the part of the state that received 2:40 minutes of totality. Can I say it was awesome!!! So being a…
Read MoreStandards, STEM, Student Engagement and a Solar Regatta
As we all gear up for the 2017-2018 school year, the acronyms CCS, CCSS, NGSS, STEM, and STEAM are likely very common in conversations. The California Solar Regatta, sponsored by SMUD (The Sacramento Metropolitan Utility District), covered all of the above acronyms, plus one that is often missing – student engagement. For the past 6…
Read MoreEight Years with NEED
My name is Chloe Weiss and I have been involved with NEED for eight years now! Eight years ago when I was in fourth grade, my science teacher approached me and asked me what I thought about energy conservation. To be honest I had no idea what she even meant. Living in Texas you don’t…
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